By 2020, 33% of California’s electric power sales will come from renewable energy sources due to California’s Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS). This implies a 359% increase, from 23,000 GWh to more than 80,000 GWh, in ...

California’s history with ocean resources is riddled with overuse and degradation. It wasn’t until a new chapter in California's ocean governance started that the state began to address these problems. An examination of ...

The motivation behind this report is to evaluate and respond to past and current decision pathways employed for determining state allocation of the Environmental Quality Incentives Program [EQIP] funding under the Natural ...

The motivation behind this report is to evaluate and respond to past and current decision pathways employed for determining state allocation of the Environmental Quality Incentives Program [EQIP] funding under the Natural ...

The motivation behind this report is to evaluate and respond to past and current decision pathways employed for determining state allocation of the Environmental Quality Incentives Program [EQIP] funding under the Natural ...

The motivation behind this report is to evaluate and respond to past and current decision pathways employed for determining state allocation of the Environmental Quality Incentives Program [EQIP] funding under the Natural ...

The motivation behind this report is to evaluate and respond to past and current decision pathways employed for determining state allocation of the Environmental Quality Incentives Program [EQIP] funding under the Natural ...

The southern windward side of Hawaii, known as the Ko`olaupoko Moku,
is comprised of twenty-one watersheds and three bays. Changes in agricultural
practices and recent rapid urbanization have had a significant impact on ...

<p>Accurate IP geo-location is crucial to the effectiveness of a wide array of Internet-based services ranging from targeted advertising and website localization to content delivery, security logging and authentication. ...

Many migrant children who are eligible for Medicaid are not enrolled in the public insurance program while residing in North Carolina. This qualitative study explores the barriers migrants face when enrolling children in ...

<p>This dissertation examines issues concerning sap flux scaled estimates of the canopy-averaged transpiration rate of trees per unit leaf area (E<sub>L</sub>) and stomatal conductance (G<sub>S</sub>), as well as their ...

New mathematical models are presented for analysis of fluorescence recovery
after photobleaching (FRAP) data to account for the conical geometry of photobleaching,
for spatial variations in binding of fluorescent molecules, ...

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Policy Question
What strategies should the State of North Carolina use to help small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the biotechnology industry to become more competitive?
Background
North ...

Management of Atlantic cod, Gadus morhua, has become increasingly stringent since the
implementation of the first groundfish fishery management plan (FMP) in 1977, yet overfished
stock status is evidence of ineffective ...

<p>The study of the effect of the environment (e.g., climate and land use) on disease typically relies on aggregate disease data collected by the government surveillance network. The usual approach to analyze these data, ...

The United States Coast Guard (USCG) is a maritime, military agency within the Department of Homeland Security which by law has eleven required missions and its three core missions are Maritime Safety, Maritime Security ...